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This article was nominated for deletion on 22 October 2009 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep.

A fact from Saltine cracker challenge appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Peyton Manning has the unusual ability to eat six saltines in one minute?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/November.

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Nabisco ad campaign?

A 2005 revision of a redirected article, Saltine Challenge&oldid=15211531, claimed, "The origins of the Challenge are found in a Saltines advertising campaign launched in the 70s". This explanation has spread around the web, but I can't find any evidence for it, and I suspect that it's simply a hoax by HolySkinnyAgent (talk · contribs), who never made another edit. For Nabisco to inform its customers that its product is inedible unaccompanied would be... an unconventional strategy. Melchoir (talk) 10:08, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additional free image sources

These could come in handy. Melchoir (talk) 09:10, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/evocateur/sets/72157622169005086/detail/ cc-by-sa 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentdpayne/sets/72157615347432013/detail/ cc-by-sa 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoonabar/2866929069/ cc-by 2.0

Removing Geekscape references

I'm reverting the addition of references to the Geekscape podcast. They smell of self-promotion. The podcast itself doesn't seem to be notable. Melchoir (talk) 19:13, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Worthy of An Entry

Is this really worthy of an entry? 216.195.89.58 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:18, 2 May 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Yes. This has been discussed before; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saltine cracker challenge, which is linked to at the top of this talk page. Melchoir (talk) 15:43, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Challenge Inconsistency?

the first paragraph states "32 seconds in which to eat three saltine soda crackers", but the following paragraph states "...six saltines.... and a minute..."

which is the official challenge? and if there are multiple variants,they should be listed clearly

Cracker Challenge

I've always known this as the 'cracker challenge', and used the crackers in MREs. You have to eat both crackers in the pack in two minutes (without water), and then whistle. Supposedly nobody is able to do this. 57.135.233.22 (talk) 14:37, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]